Phone: (435) 797-0365
FAX: (435) 797-3390
E-mail: esz@cc.usu.edu
Mailing Address:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Utah State University
0300 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-0300
Publications
E. Szajna-Fuller, G. K. Ingle, R. W. Watkins, A. M. Arif, and L. M. Berreau, "Amide Hydrolysis Reactivity of a N4O-ligated Zinc Complex: Comparison of Kinetic and Thermodynamic Parameters with those of the Corresponding Amide Methanolysis Reaction," Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 2353-2355. (PDF)
G. K. Ingle, M. M. Makowska-Grzyska, E. Szajna-Fuller, I. Sen, J. C. Price, A. M. Arif, and L. M. Berreau, "Influence of Chelate Ligand Structure on the Amide Methanolysis Reactivity of Mononuclear Zinc Complexes," Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 1471-1480. (PDF)
E. Szajna-Fuller, B. M. Chambers, A. M. Arif, and L. M. Berreau, "Carboxylate Coordination Chemistry of a Mononuclear Ni(II) Center in a Hydrophobic or Hydrogen Bond Donor Secondary Environment: Relvance to Acireductone Dioxygenase," Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 5486-5498. (PDF)
E. Szajna-Fuller, K. Rudzka, A. M. Arif, and L. M. Berreau, "Acireductone Dioxygenase (ARD)-type Reactivity of a Ni(II) Complex having Monoanionic Coordination of a Model Substrate: Product Identification and Comparisons to Unreactive Analogs," Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 5499-5507. (PDF)
E. Szajna, A. M. Arif, and L. M. Berreau, "Aliphatic Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage Reactivity of a Mononuclear Ni(II) Cis-B-Keto-Enolate Complex in the Presence of Base and O2: A Model Reaction for Acireductone Dioxygenase (ARD)," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 17186-17187.(HTML/PDF)
E. Szajna, M. M. Makowska-Grzyska, C. C. Wasden, A. M. Arif, and L. M. Berreau, "A Deprotonated Intermediate in the Amide Methanolysis Reaction of a N4O-ligated Mononuclear Zinc Complex," Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 7595-7605. (PDF)
K. Rudzka, M. M. Makowska-Grzyska, E. Szajna, A. M. Arif, and L. M. Berreau, "Neutral Acetohydroxamic Acid Coordination to a Mononuclear Ni(II) Center Stabilized by a Intramolecular Hydrogen-bonding Interaction," Chem. Commun. 2005, 489-491. (HTML)
K. J. Tubbs, E. Szajna, B. Bennett, J. A. Halfen, R. W. Watkins, A. M. Arif, L. M. Berreau, "Mononuclear Nitrogen/sulfur-Ligated Cobalt(II) Methoxide Complexes: Structural, EPR, Paramagnetic 1H NMR, and Electrochemical Investigations," Dalton Transactions 2004, 2398-2399. (HTML)
E. Szajna, P. Dobrowolski, A. L. Fuller, A. M. Arif, and L. M. Berreau, "NMR Studies of Mononuclear Octahedral Ni(II) Complexes of Tris((2-pyridyl)methyl)amine-type Ligands," Inorg. Chem. 2004, 43, 3988-3997. (PDF)
M. M. Makowska-Grzyska, E. Szajna, C. Shipley, A. M. Arif, M. H. Mitchell, J. A. Halfen, L. M. Berreau, "First Row Divalent Transition Metal Complexes of Aryl-Appended Tris((pyridyl)methyl)amine Ligands: Syntheses, Structures, Electrochemistry, and Hydroxamate Binding Properties," Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 7472-7488. (PDF)
Poster Presentations
Ewa Szajna, Piotr Dobrowolski, Amy L. Fuller, Atta M. Arif, and Lisa M. Berreau, "Paramagnetic 1H NMR Studies of Nickel Complexes of Aryl-Appended Tris((pyridyl)methyl)amine Ligands Relevant to Ni(II)-containing Acireductone Dioxygenase," Joint American Chemical Society 59th Northwest & 18th Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting, Logan, UT, June 2004.
Ewa Szajna, Piotr Dobrowolski, Amy L. Fuller, Atta M. Arif, and Lisa M. Berreau, "Paramagnetic 1H NMR Studies of Nickel Complexes of Aryl-Appended Tris((pyridyl)methyl)amine Ligands Relevant to Ni(II)-containing Acireductone Dioxygenase," Graduate Research Seminar: Bioinorganic Chemistry, Ventura, CA, January 2004.